The African Confederation of Athletics has withdrawn from Algeria the hosting rights for the 2025 African U18/U20 Athletics Championships, which were initially scheduled for April in Oran but postponed to July 16-20.
In a statement, the African confederation said it decided to withdraw the hosting rights from Algeria due to “several various reasons” without giving more details and affirmed that its Council & Congress meetings as well as the 3rd Combined U18/U20 African Championships will be held in July in Nigeria’s Abeokuta City, Ogun State, located 40 km from Lagos.
The African Athletics governing body had cited Algeria’s lack of readiness, including inadequate infrastructure and facilities, as the main reasons for postponing the sport event from April to July.
The removal of Algeria as host country of the African championships deepens the country’s international isolation.